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E. Jane Burns.
Arthurian Fictions: Rereading the Vulgate Cycle.
Published Columbus: Ohio State U.P. for Miami University, 1985.
ISBN 0814203876.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: not stated.
Size: 159x234x22mm.
Page count: x,208pp.
Main language: English; quotations generally given without translation.
Overall condition good: the dustjacket on this copy is a bit scuffed, and slightly ragged at the edges and corners; the book itself shows evidence of handling, its spine slightly skewed, page tops starting to fox; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £30.00
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Weight without packaging: 573g.

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Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For Elspeth Kennedy with All Best Wishes Austin, Texas — March 1992 Jane Burns".

Contents: Poetics of rewriting; Fictions of authorship & authority; Fictions of meaning & interpretation; Fictions of representations — repetition & detour of metaphor — memory & deformation of history; Fictions of closure.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at end of book
Tables: 9
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 8pp
Index: yes

See also | Arthurian studies | Signed copies |

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